Hungarians demand teacher pay hikes in mass protest
![Hungarians demand teacher pay hikes in mass protest](https://s.france24.com/media/display/bf3e83e2-4567-11ed-9636-005056bf30b7/w:1024/p:16x9/EN_20221006_111320_111501_CS.jpg)
Tens of thousands of Hungarians demonstrated on Wednesday against low pay and poor working conditions for schoolteachers amid worsening staff shortages. The protesters -- many of them teenaged students wearing plaid shirts -- gathered in downtown Budapest, carrying posters that read "We are with our teachers" and "No teachers, no future".